Earlier this year Overeem left Golden Glory, citing problems with how his money was being handled and his fight career. During last night’s post-fight press conference Overeem found out for the first time that his purse from the bout with Lesnar was being frozen until his legal matters could be figured out.

“The suit was filed for a very simple reason. Alistair Overeem has been part of Golden Glory for eleven years. Knockout Investment has a management contract with him. The management agreement was from 2007 until 2012,” Roderick J. Lindblom, Golden Glory’s legal rep, said in a prepared statement to media. “They negotiated one of the largest MMA agreements in the history of the sport for him. And within days, he accused them of some pretty shady stuff that is not true. And he has walked away from his contract.”

Lindblom released another statement about the timing of the lawsuit, citing payment going to a fighter within 24 hours of a bout as the reason for the claim being made right before Overeem’s UFC debut.

It has been reported that Overeem may only receive about $20,000 of his $350,000+ salary from last night’s win against Lesnar until the matter has been sorted out.

GG still hasn’t pursued payment for his Dream and K-1 fights that he’s been waiting on for the better part of a year, but can freeze payments on a contract they did nothing to negotiate? Makes total sense. Reem’s getting hosed. Sounds like GG breached contract for not getting his purses from previous fights.